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Zdluiat

Ghost town · Anchorage County, Alaska

Anchorage B-8 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:63,360)
Anchorage B-8 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:63,360) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Zdluiat is a ghost town in Anchorage County, Alaska. It is one of 3 former communities in Anchorage County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Zdluiat as a historical populated place on the Anchorage B-8 SE topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 61.3237° N, 149.7847° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAnchorage B-8 SE
Elevation120 ft
Nearest living townPoint MacKenzie, AK
Distance to it8.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1897388
Coordinates61.32369, -149.78466

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What's there now

Zdluiat is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Point MacKenzie, AK (population 1,728), about 8.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 120 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Zdluiat?

Zdluiat is in Anchorage County, Alaska, at 61.3237, -149.7847.

How many ghost towns are in Anchorage County?

Anchorage County, Alaska has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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